Members

Principal Investigator

Zheng Chen (陈政), Ph.D

Associate Professor

Department of NanoEngineering


Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, 2016.6-2022.6

Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2016.6

PhD, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA, 2012.12

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2007.7


Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, 2021

Emerging Investigator, Chemical Communication, 2020

Invited to US-China Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, 2019

NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2018

ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2018

Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018

LG Chem BIC Award, 2017

Scialog Fellow in Advanced Energy Storage, 2017-2019

Postdoctoral Scholars

Shatila Sarwar, (Postdoc, 2021.08- now)

PhD: Auburn University, 2021

Email: ssarwar@eng.ucsd.edu

Mingqian Li, (Postdoc, 2021.10- now)

PhD: UC San Diego, 2016.9-2021.6

BS. Hefei University of Technology, 2016

Email: mil282@eng.ucsd.edu

Tae Hee Kim, (Postdoc, 2021.10- now)

PhD: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Engineering (KAIST), 2016.03-2020.08

MS: KAIST, 2014.03-2016.02

BS. Hanyang University, 2008.03-2014.02

Email: xogml8909@gmail.com

Wei Tang, (Postdoc, 2022.8- now)

PhD: New Mexico State University, 2018.08-2022.06

MS: Central South University, 2015.08-2018.6

BS. Lanzhou University, 2011.08-2015.06

Email: wet003@ucsd.edu

Yuju Jeon, (Postdoc, 2022.10- now)

Postdoc: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2021.09-2022.10

PhD: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2014.03-2021.08

BS: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2010.02-2014.02

Email: yujeon@ucsd.edu

Ki Hwan Kim, (Postdoc, 2022.11- now)

PhD: Hanyang University, 2017.03-2022.10

Email: h1koh@ucsd.edu

Graduate Students

John Jaeun Holoubek (PhD student, 2018.9- )

BS. Oregon State University, 2018

Email: jholoube@eng.ucsd.edu

Hongpeng Gao (PhD student, 2018.9- )

MS. Stanford University, 2018

BS. Tsinghua Universtiy, 2016

Email: h1gao@eng.ucsd.edu

Yijie(Jackie) Yin (PhD student, 2018.9- )

B.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Email: yyijie@eng.ucsd.edu

Yu-Ting Chen (PhD student, 2019.9-)

B.S./M.S. National Taiwan University, 2017/2019

Email: yuc054@eng.ucsd.edu

Xiaolu Yu (PhD student, 2019.9- )

M.Eng University of California at Berkeley, 2019

B.S. Southern University of Science and Technology

Email: yxiaolu@eng.ucsd.edu

Varun Gupta (PhD student, 2020.9- )

M.S.-Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2020

B.S.-University of Delhi,

Email: vagupta@ucsd.edu

Junlin Wu (PhD student, 2021.6- )

M.A. University of Virginia, 2020

M.E. Tsinghua University, 2018

B.S. Central South University, 2014

Email: juw039@ucsd.edu

Dong Ju Lee (PhD Student, 2022.7- now)

BS/MS: UC San Diego, 2017.9 - 2022.6

Email: dol004@ucsd.edu



Maura Appleberry (PhD Student, 2022.8- now)

TPM: Titan Advanced Energy Solutions, 2020.3-2022.7

BS: Boston University, 2019.

Email: mappleberry@ucsd.edu



Sujoy Shivde (Master Student, 2022.6- now)

BT: College of Engineering Pune, 2017.8- 2021.6.

Email: sshivde@ucsd.edu



Dapeng Xu (PhD Student, 2022.8- now)

MS. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2016.9- 2018.6)

BT: Tianjin University (2012.8- 2016.6)

Email: dax003@ucsd.edu



Lanshuang Zhang (PhD Student, 2022.9- now)

MS. University of Chinese Academy of Science (2016.9- 2022.6)

BT: Nankai University (2015.9- 2019.6)

Email: Laz006@ucsd.edu



Aishwarya Ravisankar (Master Student, 2021.10- now)

Email: aravisan@ucsd.edu

B. Tech. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, (2015-2019)



Visiting Scholars

Jungpil Lee (2021.04- now)

LG Energy Solutions

Email: jplee0711@naver.com




Undergraduate Students

Simon Danitz

Email: sdanitz@ucsd.edu

B.S. UCSD (2020-)


Duc Tran (2020.09- now)

Email: dht003@ucsd.edu

B.S. UCSD (2020-2023)


Kunpeng (Gary) Yu (2021.10 - now)

Email: kuyu@ucsd.edu

B.S. UCSD (2020-2023)


Jianting (Jane) Qin (2022.5 - now)

Email: j4qin@ucsd.edu

B.S. UCSD (2020-2024)



High School Students

Elaine Dong (2021.10 - now)

Email: ElaineFeiDong@gmail.com

Canyon Crest Academy



Group Alumni

Guorui Cai, (Postdoc, 2019.7- now)

PhD: University of Science and Technology of China, 2019

Email: gcai@eng.ucsd.edu

Current Position: Postdoc at UMD

Kangwoon Kim (Master student, 2020.9- )

B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Email: kak006@ucsd.edu

Current position: Tyfast

Sara Mohammadiasl (2021.6- )

Email: smohamma@ucsd.edu

B.S. UCSD (2020-2022)


Ali Nekouei (2021.10 - now)

Email: anekouei@ucsd.edu

B.S. UCSD, class of (2020-2022)


Professor Yung Ho Kahng (2020-2021)

Department of Physics Education, Chonnam National University

Email: yhkahng@jnu.ac.kr/yhkahng@gmail.com

Lab: http://emdlab.jnu.ac.kr/

Serena Low

Email: slow@ucsd.edu

B.S. UCSD (2020-2021)

Current: personal interest.


Satchit Rose (MS student, 09/2019-06/2021 )

B.T. National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal , 2019

Email: sarose@eng.ucsd.edu

Current Position: Intel

Darren Tan (PhD student, 2017-2021)

B.S. National University of Singapore, 2017

Email: dht020@eng.ucsd.edu

Current Position: CEO of Unigrid


Qiaowan Chang (PhD student, 2017- 2021)

M.S. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

B.S. Tianjin University

Email: q2chang@eng.ucsd.edu

Current Position: Postdoc in Columbia University

Panpan Xu, (Postdoc, 2019- 2020)

PhD: Harbin Engineering University, 2019

Email: p1xu@eng.ucsd.edu

Current Position: Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), CAS

Yoongyo Cho (Postdoc, 2019-2020)

PhD: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2019

Email: jyg227@gmail.com

Current Position: LGES

Dawei Xia (Master student: 2019-2020)

B.S. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2019

Current position: PhD, Virginia Tech.

Mingyu Yu (Master student: 2019-2020)

B.S. Xiaomen University, 2019

Current position: PhD, University of Delaware

Ki Hwan Koh (Visiting graduate student: 2018-2020)

PhD, Hanyang University

Email: kkhcjm89@gmail.com

Tae Hee Han, Ph.D. (visiting scholar, 2019-2020)

Associate Professor, Hanyang University

E-mail: than@hanyang.ac.kr

Web: https://sites.google.com/site/fhnanolab/

Dongdong Wang (visiting PhD student, 2017-2019)

Tianjin University

Email: wangdd@tju.edu.cn

Current position: Shangdong University

Pranjal Bhaladhare (MS student, 2018-2019)

BS.Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, 2018

Email: pbhaladh@eng.ucsd.edu

Current position: Apple Inc.

Ying Zhang (visiting PhD student, 2017- 2019)

Central South University

Email: zymissyou777@163.com

Current position: Zhengzhou University

Iva Robb (undergraduate, 2018-2019)

B.S. UCSD (2019)

Email: robb.iva.m@gmail.com

Current position: Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Brandon Markey (undergraduate, 2018-2019)

B.S. UCSD (2019)

Email: brandonmarkey55@gmail.com

Yang Shi, (Postdoc, 2016-2019)

PhD: UCSD, 2016 (with Dr. Yu Qiao)

Email: yas021@eng.ucsd.edu

Current Position: Tesla


Fei Ji (Master student, 2016-2018)

B.S. Soochow University, 2016

Email: f4ji@eng.ucsd.edu

Current position: PhD in UC Riverside

Khyati Shah, (MS student, 2016-2018 )

BS, Nirma University, 2016

Email: kps001@eng.ucsd.edu

Current position: Intel

Jie Fang, (MS student, 2016-2018 )

BS, Shenzhen University, 2016

Email: jif072@eng.ucsd.edu

Current position: Research Associate at Beyond Meat

Shang Gao (MS student, 2016-2017)

BS. China Agricultural University, 2016

Email: shg080@eng.ucsd.edu

Shengli Jiang (UCSD, BS, class 2018)

Email: shj022@ucsd.edu

Current position: PhD student at University of Wisconsin

Yoo J. Jung, (UCSD, BS, Class 2018)

Email: yjung@ucsd.edu

Riley Pu, (BS. UCSD, Class 2020)

Email: puz001@ucsd.edu

Current Position: PhD student at Stanford University (Advisor: Yi Cui)

Ning Wang, Ph.D (visiting scholar, 2017-2018)

Associate Professor

Hebei Normal University

Email: hebsjzwn@gmail.com

Kun Wang (visiting PhD student, 2017- 2018)

Beihang University

Email: wangkun278@gmail.com

Huanqing Guan, July-Sep, 2017

Undergraduate student

Peking University

Email: guanhuanqin@pku.edu.cn

Current position: PhD in Brown University

Alba Martínez, BS, Mar-June 2017.

Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain)

Email: alba.martinez.94@outlook.com